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Creative Uses for Coffee Filters Home Made Easy shows you how to utilize coffee filters in creative ways. From "Home Made Easy" episode DHME-146

Host Stephanie Lydecker reveals some creative and unique ways to use coffee filters outside the coffeemaker.

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Stephanie Lydecker reveals some fun way to use coffee filters.

The first coffee filter of sorts was invented more than 100 years ago, when a German housewife by the name of Melitta Bentz was determined to brew a non-bitter version of her favorite beverage. She experimented with lots of different papers, patented her design in 1908 and the rest is history.

But what isn't history are some of Stephanie Lydecker's clever ways to fully utilize coffee filters. Check it out:

• Serve Up Snacks—Popcorn, pretzels and chips fit easily in these ruffled disposable containers.

• Bundled Favors—Place ruffled filters in a muffin tin, fill with treats and finish off with ribbon or raffia.

• Popsicle Patrol—Protect your little ones hands from a dripping popsicle stick. Simply slide the wooden stick of the popsicle through a coffee filter so the hands can stay mess-free.

• Serve Portable Picnic Sandwiches—A cone-shaped filter is the perfect carrier for a sandwich on the go. And for sandwiches that a little messy (egg salad or tuna salad, for example), the filter will help make it easier to eat them in a mess-free manner.